In article <Wl%aj.21416$k27.10088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, I feel I'm rational, and I have an objection. Combining this
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> >> Seattle Area Bloggers Needed for Microsoft User Research Study
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> with this
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> > studies? ... usability studies?
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> raises the hairs on my back. I don't care who does it, it is not a
> valid study to have "Seattle Area Bloggers" getting goodies for using a
> product.
Why not? You want people to come down to your office, try out some new
software for a couple hours while you have people watch them do it and
take notes, and then you want them to answer questions about it
afterwards, and you don't want to give them some freebies for their time?
Here's a description of the process:
<http://www.microsoft.com/usability/studies.mspx>
What's invalid about that?
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